Supervisor Shuklian honors LGBT+ Center

Amy Shuklian, representing District Three on the Tulare County Board of Supervisors, made a presentation at Tuesday’s Board meeting to recognize the first anniversary of The Source LGBT+ Center. During the “Supervisor’s Matters” segment, she presented a proclamation honoring the center and it’s accomplishments.

In one year of operation, The Source has welcomed over 2,000 walk-in visitors to the center, provided training and referrals to interested individuals, organizations, and governmental bodies. Experiencing ever increasing demands for it’s services, the center recently doubled it’s space at it’s downtown Visalia location. In a recent 24 hour national fundraising campaign, The Source LGBT+ Center placed second in a group of 95 similarly sized LGBT groups, winning an additional $5,000 over and above the more than $12,000 raised by local donors. Brian Poth, Executive Director, thanked Supervisor Shuklian for her support of the Center and it’s mission, noted the widespread support in the community for it’s mission and efforts, and invited the entire Board of Supervisors to attend the upcoming Pride Visalia, to be hosted by The Source LGBT+ Center on June 24.

Here is the text of the proclamation, signed by Supervisor Shuklian:RECOGNIZING THE SOURCE LGBT+ CENTER ON ITS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

WHEREAS, the Source is the only LGBT center in Tulare County and is celebrating its one year anniversary; and

WHEREAS, it has served thousands of Tulare County residents by providing resources,recommendations, referrals, and education services to citizens and organizations; and

WHEREAS, the SOURCE LGBT+ Center has partnered with high school and college GSAs to deliver such resources and has also provided training to public agencies such as the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office; and

WHEREAS, since its inception the center has held community meetings, provided training sessions to local government agencies to educate them on how they can better serve the LGBT community, tabled at numerous public events, and welcomed well over a thousand visitors to the downtown Visalia center; and

WHEREAS, driven by demand for its services, the SOURCE LGBT+ Center recently doubled its community center’s size.

It is an honor to recognize the SOURCE LGBT+ Center on its one year anniversary and recognize the month of June 2017 as LGBT Pride month.